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The disastra coupe

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Well heres my astra coupe from when i got it to how it is now and what i want to do with it
just after i got it
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standard bay
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after the suspension went on
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now the wheels
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and the bay after a tidy up and a closed carbon airbox
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and the grile
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spec:
engine
port and polish
remap
Carbon fibre sealed induction kit
homebrew exhaust and sports cat

exterior
rear badges removed
badgeless front grille
league helix 17"wheels with toyo proxes

suspension
eibach 888 -40mm springs
koni sport shocks

next up, want a dblias inlet manifold but after seeing the price i think im gonna try and fab up a new one to replace the horrible power sapping variable tract on thats on ther just now, want some GAZ adjustables to replace the koni's and quite fancy getting it live mapped and some cams in there, should be looking at the thick end of 180bhp then
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RSZETEC wrote:next up, want a dblias inlet manifold but after seeing the price i think im gonna try and fab up a new one to replace the horrible power sapping variable tract on thats on ther just now, want some GAZ adjustables to replace the koni's and quite fancy getting it live mapped and some cams in there, should be looking at the thick end of 180bhp then
2.0, right? 180bhp might require some creative work with the throttle body.
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Nah its the 1.8 Z18XE smallblock, apprently theyre good for 230bhp but are supposed to be to peaky at this sort of tune(kinda like driving a civic type R)and i dont wanna have to thrash a car to get it to fly
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RSZETEC wrote:Nah its the 1.8 Z18XE smallblock, apprently theyre good for 230bhp but are supposed to be to peaky at this sort of tune(kinda like driving a civic type R)and i dont wanna have to thrash a car to get it to fly
230bhp with individual throttle bodies, maybe. For the most part, getting 100+bhp/l on an engine without forced induction requires either very extensive head and bottom end work, or individual throttle bodies, or both.
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In general I do like the car and what you done to it, but can't say I like the grill, or the lack of it.
But then the Vauxhall grill is not the best looking eighter, personally prefer the Opel over the Vauxhall grill on most cars.
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Hence why im setting my sights on 180bhpish, but id be happy with 160. and yeah id prefer the irmscher grille but i aint paying 80 quid just for a grille :lol: quite want the grille thats just the vauxhall grille without the badge
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dont you just love how plans change, i decided the car wasnt handling the way i wanted to splashed out on a set of coilovers :twisted:
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for some reason i love seeing the car in bits(i think i need help) :lol:
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The height looks right now, but you need spacers or something :o Gotta fill those wings.
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spacers are a bodge imo just gonna get some wider wheels :lol: looking at a nice set of rota's
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RSZETEC wrote:spacers are a bodge imo just gonna get some wider wheels :lol: looking at a nice set of rota's
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was actually fancying the D1's :D . anyways this cars coming off the road for winter to have a light rebuild and a pep up engine wise even tho its only done 22,000 miles i want more power :lol: , heres its winter replacement in all its purple glory :lol:
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plans for that are a turbo, matt black, 60mm+ drop, and some wide steel wheels ooooooh and a dixie horn :lol:
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You're kidding about the Vectra right?
Don't tell me you really want to change something on that car, or do anything with the car except drive it till the end of winter and then get rid of it.
Cause those gen vectras are bloody ugly.
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dude im not gonna spend any money on it the mods are purely gona be for comedy value such as some 195db freight train horns and the big spotlights on the front :lol:
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pfew, you almost got me there.
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Altough i did buy new tyres for it but thats a must :lol: drove it properly for the first time today to work o dear god its like trying to corner a fully loaded supertanker with a hole in the hull :lol: some chopped srings should dort that and the handbrake doesnt work going backwards o well for £100 you cant complain :D
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looking at selling this now cos i wanna spend more money on the escort, looking at replacing it with one of the following

last gen prelude 2.2vti 4ws (the ones with the tiptronic gearbox)
1st gen supra 3.0 turbo
civic coupe VTI
or possibly a nice bmw 840ci :D
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the vectra now has a turbo :lol:
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lol :lol: .. from where is that? ..it looks quite like the one on my saab.. tiny :D
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from a fiesta RS turbo mate, just a little garrett T2 think they max out at 7psi and this ones got knackered oil seals anyway
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lol... how good is a 15psi turbo?

BTW cant wait for your escort project once its completed :mrgreen:
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thats a bit of a general question dude, depends on the size etc of the turbo, and cheers i might get the escort done for june 2009 for some drag strup action.................famous last words :D
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damn damn danm damn damn damn damn :evil:
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Damn, what happened... pole?
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Meh, easy fixed. It's only money.
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Yeah, I mean come on... it's not like you nearly ran into a gas station pump or something. :P
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